WHITE PAPER ON CRIME 2006
- New Trends of Criminal Policy -
Part 1 | Crime Trends in 2005 |
Chapter 1 | Overview of Penal Code Offenses |
1 | Reported cases and crime rate |
Section 2 | Trend in Non-traffic Penal Code Offenses Excluding Theft |
6 | Giving and acceptance of bribes |
Chapter 2 | Overview of Special Act Offenses |
Section 2 | Principal Special Act Offenses |
1 | Violations of the Minor Offenses Act, etc. |
2 | Violations of the Child Welfare Act, etc. |
3 | Violations of the Public Offices Election Act |
Section 3 | Offenses Related to Newly Established Acts |
Chapter 3 | Overview of Offenses of Various Types |
Section 1 | Traffic Offenses |
1 | Trends in traffic offenses |
2 | Disposition by public prosecutors offices |
Section 2 | Financial and Economic Offenses |
4 | Bankruptcy-related offenses |
Section 3 | High-Technology Offenses |
1 | Trends in High-Technology Offenses |
2 | Disposition by public prosecutors offices |
Chapter 4 | Comparison of Crime Trends with Other Countries |
Chapter 5 | Offenses Committed by and against Japanese Nationals Outside Japan |
Section 1 | Offenses Committed by Japanese Nationals Outside Japan |
Section 2 | Crime Victimization of Japanese Nationals Outside Japan |
Part 2 | Treatment of Offenders |
Section 1 | Reception of Suspected Cases |
Section 2 | Arrest and Detention of Suspects |
Section 3 | Dispositions of the Public Prosecutors Office |
1 | Defendants finally judged |
1 | Death penalty and life imprisonment with work |
2 | Imprisonment with or without work with a definite term |
Section 3 | Detention and Bail |
Chapter 4 | Correction of Adult Offenders |
Section 1 | Imprisonment in Penal Institutions |
1 | Rate of imprisonment of penal institutions |
2 | Number of inmates of penal institutions |
3 | Trend in number of newly admitted inmates |
4 | Characteristics of newly admitted inmates |
Section 2 | Treatment of Inmates, etc. |
5 | Maintenance of discipline and order |
Chapter 5 | Rehabilitation Services |
3 | Proportion of served sentence terms before parole |
4 | Parole of life imprisonment inmates |
Section 2 | Probation and Parole Supervision |
1 | Probationers and parolees under supervision |
2 | Treatment for probationers and parolees |
4 | Termination of probationary supervision |
Section 3 | Assistance during Supervision and Urgent Aftercare of Discharged Offenders |
1 | Assistance during supervision and urgent aftercare of discharged offenders |
Chapter 6 | International Cooperation in Criminal Justice |
Section 2 | Transnational Fugitives and Their Extradition |
1 | Transnational fugitives from Japan |
2 | Extradition of fugitive offenders |
Section 3 | International Assistance in Investigation and Justice |
1 | Assistance in investigation etc. |
Part 3 | Trends in Offenses by Specific Offenders and Their Treatment |
Chapter 1 | Foreign National Offenders |
Section 2 | Trends in Crimes |
1 | Disposition by public prosecutors offices |
4 | Probation and parole supervision |
Chapter 2 | Offenders related to Boryokudan (Organized Crime Groups) |
Section 1 | Trends in Organization |
Section 2 | Trends in Crimes |
1 | Penal code offenses and special act offenses |
1 | Dispositions by public prosecutors offices |
3 | Probation and parole supervision |
Section 1 | Trends in Crimes |
1 | Stimulants Control Act violations |
2 | Narcotics and Psychotropics Control Act violations, etc. |
3 | Poisonous and Deleterious Substances Control Act violations |
1 | Seizure of stimulants, etc. |
2 | Implementation of the Act on Special Provisions for Narcotics |
1 | Disposition by public prosecutors offices |
4 | Probation and parole supervision |
Chapter 4 | Offenders with Mental Disorder |
Section 1 | Trends in Crimes |
Section 2 | Criminal Proceedings |
1 | Disposition by public prosecutors office and courts |
Section 3 | Act on Medical Care and Treatment for Insane Persons or Persons with Diminished Capacity Who Have Caused Serious Injury to Others |
1 | Hearings pertaining to public prosecutor's application |
Chapter 5 | Repeat Offenders |
1 | Repeat offenders among persons cleared for non-traffic penal code offenses |
2 | Previously convicted persons among adult offenders cleared for non-traffic penal code offenses |
Section 2 | Public Prosecution and Trial |
1 | Previously convicted persons among those prosecuted |
2 | Revocation of suspension of execution of sentence |
Section 4 | Probation and Parole Supervision |
Part 4 | Trends in Juvenile Delinquency and Treatment of Juvenile Delinquents |
Chapter 1 | Trends in Juvenile Delinquency |
Section 1 |
Juvenile Penal Code Offenders |
1 | Number of juveniles cleared |
3 | Trend in type of offense |
Section 2 | Juvenile Special Act Offenders |
1 | Number of juveniles referred by the police |
Section 3 | Juveniles of Illegal Behavior under 14 Years of Age |
Section 5 | Delinquency at Home and School |
1 | Juvenile violence in families |
Chapter 2 | Treatment of Juvenile Delinquents |
Section 2 | Disposition of Juvenile Cases by Public Prosecutors Offices and Courts |
1 | Disposition by public prosecutors offices |
Section 3 | Classification at Juvenile Classification Homes |
2 | Classification activities |
Section 4 | Treatment of Delinquents in Juvenile Training Schools |
1 | Juveniles newly admitted to juvenile training schools |
2 | Treatment of juveniles in juvenile training schools |
3 | Juveniles who are discharged |
Section 5 | Treatment of Juvenile Prisoners |
1 | Number and characteristics of juvenile prisoners |
Section 6 | Probationary Supervision for Juveniles |
1 | Juvenile probationers/juvenile training school parolees |
3 | Termination of probationary supervision |
Chapter 1 | Damage by Crime in Official Statistics |
Section 1 | Number of Offenses Involving Human Victims |
Section 2 | Fatal and Bodily Damage |
Section 4 | Relationship between Victims and Suspects |
Section 5 | Juvenile Crime Victims |
1 | Damage by penal code offenses |
Chapter 2 | Consideration for Victims in Criminal Justice |
Section 1 | Involvement of Victims in Criminal Proceedings |
1 | Grievance system against non-prosecution |
2 | Protection, etc. of victims in formal trials |
4 | Enhancement of consideration for victims in juvenile cases |
Section 2 | Compensation for Crime Victims, etc. |
1 | Crime victim benefits system |
Part 6 | New Trends of Criminal Policy |
Chapter 2 | Analysis of Recent Criminal Trends |
Section 1 | Trends in Number of Reported Cases for Non-Traffic Penal Code Offenses |
1 | Reported cases for non-traffic penal code offenses |
2 | Reported cases for theft by type and modus operandi |
3 | Reported cases for non-traffic penal code offenses excluding theft |
Section 2 | Trends in Number of Cleared Persons for Non-Traffic Penal Code Offenses |
1 | Trends in the number of persons cleared for non-traffic penal code offenses |
2 | Trends by type of offenders |
Section 3 | Social Background and Public Awareness |
1 | Criminal trend and social background |
2 | Criminal trend and changes in public awareness |
Chapter 3 | Trends of Criminal Policy |
Section 3 | Recent Trends of Legislation |
1 | The Act for Partial Amendment to the Penal Code, etc. (Act No. 156 of 2004) |
Section 4 | Enhancement of Inmate Treatment |
1 | Trend of accommodation in penal institutions |
2 | Efforts for solving problems of overcrowding, etc. |
Chapter 4 | Present Situation of Sexual Offenses and Countermeasures |
Section 1 | Outline of Sexual Offenses |
1 | Trends in sexual offenses |
2 | Sexual offenses targeting minors |
3 | Sex offenders seen from the viewpoint of the number of cleared persons |
Section 2 | Reality of Sex Offenders and Repeat Offenses |
1 | Reality of sex offenders |
2 | Repeat offenses by sex offenders |
3 | Reality of sexual offenses targeting minors |
Section 3 | Outline of Criminal Disposition for Sex Offenders |
Section 4 | Sex Offender Treatment Programs |
2 | Probationary supervision |
Section 5 | Trends in Sexual Offenses and Countermeasures in Foreign Countries |
5 | The United States of America |
Chapter 5 | Reform of the Judicial System |
Section 1 | Enhancement and Speeding-up of Criminal Trials |
1 | Pre-trial Arrangement Procedure |
Section 5 | Saiban-in System |
1 | Act on Participation of Saiban-ins in Criminal Trials |
2 | Trend of cases to be covered by Saiban-in trials |
Section 6 | Problems and Measures for Implementing Saiban-in System |
2 | Measures to make the general public's participation as a Saiban-in easier |
| Appendix1-1 Number of reported cases, crime rate, number of cleared cases, clearance rate, and number of persons cleared for penal code offenses (1946-2005) |
| Appendix1-2 Number of reported cases, number of cleared cases, and number of persons cleared for penal code offenses, by type of major offense (1996-2005) |
| Appendix1-3 Clearance rate of penal code offenses, by type of major offense (1996-2005) |
| Appendix1-4 Number of persons newly received by public prosecutors offices for special act offenses (1996-2005) |
| Appendix1-5 Number of traffic accidents, number of persons killed or injured, and rate of accidents(1946-2005) |
| Appendix1-6 Term of imprisonment with labor sentenced for financial and economic offenses in the court of first instance (2003-2005) |
| Appendix1-7 Number of reported cases and crime rate of major offenses in 5 countries (1980-2004) |
| Appendix1-8 Number of reported cases and crime rate of homicide and theft in 5 countries (1988-2004) |
| Appendix1-9 Clearance rate of major offenses, homicide and theft in 5 countries (1988-2004) |
| Appendix2-1 Number of persons newly received by public prosecutors offices, by type of offense (2001-2005) |
| Appendix2-2 Number of persons finally disposed by public prosecutors, by type of offense (1996-2005) |
| Appendix2-3 Prosecution rate and suspended prosecution rate, by type of offense (2000-2005) |
| Appendix2-4 Sentences in district courts, by type of offense (2005) |
| Appendix2-5 Average daily number of inmates of penal institutions (1950-2005) |
| Appendix2-6 Number of newly admitted inmates, by sex and type of offense (2005) |
| Appendix2-7 Number of reimprisoned inmates, by sex and type of offense (2005) |
| Appendix2-8 Frequency of imprisonment of newly admitted inmates, by type of offense (2005) |
| Appendix2-9 Period of time until repeat offense by reimprisoned inmates, by type of previous offense (2005) |
| Appendix2-10 Number of inmates serving sentence of imprisonment with work at the end of the year, by term of imprisonment (as of December 31 each year in 1957-2005) |
| Appendix2-11 Numbers of parole applications, grants, and rejections (1949-2005) |
| Appendix2-12 Number of newly received probationers and parolees (1949-2005) |
| Appendix3-1 Number of cleared cases and persons cleared for non-traffic penal code offenses committed by foreign nationals (1980-2005) |
| Appendix3-2 Number of referred cases and number of persons referred for special act offenses committed by foreign nationals (1980-2005) |
| Appendix3-3 Number of foreign nationals finally disposed by public prosecutors office (1990-2005) |
| Appendix3-4 Newly admitted Class F inmates by nationality and region (2003-2005) |
| Appendix3-5 Number of foreign probationers and parolees by nationality and type of probation/parolee (As of December 31, 2003-2005) |
| Appendix3-6 Number of persons finally disposed by public prosecutors for drug offenses (1996-2005) |
| Appendix3-7 Number of insane persons and persons with diminished capacity, by type of offense and by type of mental disorders (2005) |
| Appendix4-1 Number and rate per population of juveniles and adults cleared for penal code offenses, and juvenile rate (1946-2005) |
| Appendix4-2 Number and rate per population of juveniles cleared for non-traffic penal code offenses (1966-2005) |
| Appendix4-3 Number of juveniles cleared for non-traffic penal code offenses, by age group, type of offense and sex (2005) |
| Appendix4-4 Number of juveniles cleared for penal code offenses, by major type of offenses (1946-2005) |
| Appendix4-5 Number of juveniles referred from police to public prosecutors office for special act offenses, by type of offense (1956-2005) |
| Appendix4-6 Number of juveniles of illegal behavior guided for non-traffic penal code offenses, by major delinquency (1946-2005) |
| Appendix4-7 Number of status offenders finally disposed by family court, by type of status offense (1969-2005) |
| Appendix4-8 Number of juvenile offenders aged 14-19 newly received by public prosecutors offices, by type of offense and age group (2000-2005) |
| Appendix4-9 Percent ratio of opinions by public prosecutors and final dispositions by family courts, by age group of juvenile offenders (2005) |
| Appendix4-10 Number of juveniles finally disposed by family courts for juvenile cases (1975, 1985, 2001-2005) |
| Appendix4-11 Number of newly admitted persons and average daily number of inmates in juvenile classification homes (1949-2005) |
| Appendix4-12 Number of juveniles newly admitted to juvenile training schools, by sex and treatment programs (1949-2005) |
| Appendix4-13 Number of juveniles newly admitted to juvenile training schools, by type of delinquency (1999-2005) |
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